Falls 50 meters
87-year-old did not return home from a walk
An 87-year-old man apparently fell 50 meters during a walk. He lay seriously injured and helpless in the rough terrain - until mountain rescue dog "Samy" was able to track him down after an intensive search operation.
Early Monday afternoon, an 87-year-old man went for a walk in the district of Villach-Land. Later, his wife's cell phone rang. Before the call ended abruptly, the man was able to tell his wife that something had happened to him! The wife immediately went in search of her husband. When she was unable to find him, she called the police at around 7.40 pm.
Several fire departments and a police helicopter deployed
An extensive rescue operation was then launched. Several police patrols, service dog handlers, the "Libelle FLIR" police helicopter as well as emergency services from the Fresach, Ferndorf, Mooswald and Gschriet-Glanz fire departments and the mountain rescue services from Villach, Radenthein and Spittal/Stockenboi were involved in the search.
Crashed over steep, rocky terrain
The intensive search operation lasted three hours before the injured man was luckily found by mountain rescue dog "Samy" in the area of a ditch in the Gschrieter Bach stream at around 10.30 pm. "The man had probably fallen about 50 meters over steep, rocky terrain," the police describe.
After initial treatment by the emergency doctor, the injured man was rescued from the rough terrain by the mountain rescue team using a rope and then transported to Klagenfurt Hospital.
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